Dutch Lonborg

Dutch Lonborg (1898-1985)

Teams coached: McPherson Bulldogs, Washburn Ichabods, Northwestern Wildcats
Washburn record: 52-13 (.800)
Northwestern record: 236-203 (.538)
Overall record^: 288-216 (.571)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Big Ten Regular Season Champion:  2  (1931, 1933)
• Premo-Porretta National Championships:  1  (1931)
• Helms Foundation National Championships:  1  (1931)

Awards:

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 1973)
• National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1927-1950	Northwestern
1924-1927	Washburn
1921-1923	McPherson

Dutch Lonborg Facts

• Arthur C. Lonborg
• Born March 16, 1898
• Died January 31, 1985
• Hometown: Gardner, Illinois
• Alma Mater: University of Kansas (BA, 1921)
• Played basketball, baseball and football at Kansas; played basketball for head coaches Phog Allen and W.O. Hamilton
• Became the head basketball and football coach at McPherson College (KS) in 1921
• Moved on to Washburn University in Topeka in 1923, spending four seasons as head basketball coach
  • Went 52-13 overall, including a 15-0 mark during the 1924-25 season
  • Also served as an assistant coach with the football program in 1923
• Became the head basketball coach at Northwestern in 1927, coaching the Wildcats for 23 seasons
  • Was 236-203 over that tenure, winning two Big Ten regular season titles
  • His 1930-31 squad was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Foundation
• Returned to his alma mater in 1950 to serve Kansas’ athletic director (1950-63)
  • Named athletic director-emeritus at Kansas in 1964 following his retirement
• Though he never coached in the NCAA Tournament, he was chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee from 1947 to 1960
  • Was a manager with Team USA’s gold medal-winning basketball team for the 1960 Olympics
• Inducted into the Naismith HOF in 1973 and the inaugural 2006 class of the College Basketball HOF
• Passed away in Lawrence, KS at the age 86; survived by his wife, Edna, and son, Arthur

Dutch Lonborg Coaching Tree

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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only